Commutation-book



L ELC. SWANN., COMMUTATIN BOOK.

APPLlcAUoN FILED mm3. 8. 1917.

Patented Sept. 21,1920.

Nr OFFICE.

JAMES E. C. SWANN, OF VIRGINIA BEACH, VIRGINIA..

COMMITTATION-B OOK.

Application filed March 8,

To all whom "Z may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES E. C. SwANN, a citizen of the United States,and resident of Virginia Beach, in the county of Princess Anne and Stateof Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCommutation-Books, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in tickets adaptedfor use on any system of transportation, and more particularly tocommutation books which are so constructed that manipulation of thetickets by either the passenger or conductor is prevented.

Another object of the invention is to provide a commutation book of thischaracter which is provided with a plurailty of rows of trip tickets,and identification tickets, disposed directly beneath the trip tickets,the trip tickets being detachable whereby a receipt is provided when thefare has been taken which prevents any argument between' the passengerand conductor as to whetherV or not the fare has .been collected forVthat trip.y These tickets may be printed onrows of flexible, orstiffened paper, although preferably the trip tickets are printed onflexible paper, while the identification tickets disposed beneath thesame are printed on sti ened paper, thus providing alternate rows ofiiexible and stiifened leaves.

A further object of the invention 'is to provide a device of thischaracter which is easily and simply constructed, inexpensive tomanufature, and one which will be veryV eiiicient in operation.

With these and numerous other objects in view my invention consists lofthe novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of partswhich will be herein referred to and more particularly pointed out inthe specification and claim.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the book partly opened, showing onestrip of the trip tickets, with the lower ticket removed to show theidentification ticket disposed beneath the same, and j F ig. 2 is atransverse section through one of the rows of identification and triptickets, showing that the trip tickets are attached to theidentification tickets along the one edge.

In describing my invention I shall refer to the drawing in which similarreference characters designate corresponding partsv Specification ofLetters Patent.

Patented Sept.v 21, 1920. 1917. serial No. 153,344.

throughout the several views. The front and back covers l and 2 of thecommutation book may be formed of any desired material such as isordinarily used in devices of this character, and which are securedtogether at one end by any desired type of binding means, such asillustrated at 3. Secured between the covers ofv this book are the tripand identification tickets, which comprise a plurality of leaves beingalternately flexible and stiffened, for a purpose to be hereinafter morefully described. These leaves however may be all flexible, or allstiifened if desired. For the lsake of brevity I will only speci-4iically describe one of the rows of adjacent trip and identificationtickets, as the other rows of tickets are substantially alikethroughoutthe book. The book may be provided with any number of leavesaccording to the number of trips designated thereon.

The trip tickets 4, are printed `on a sheet of flexible Vmateria-l 5,which is provided with a pluralityof transversely extending perforations6, Vthat separate the tickets and have serial numbers printed vorstamped thereon as atV 5.v These tickets are preferably eight in number,as shown in the accompanying drawing, although any number may be printedon a sheet `as desired. Disposed directly beneath the eXible sheet oftrip tickets is a row of identification tickets having serial numbers 7printed or stamped thereon corresponding to theyserial numbers of theadjacent trip tickets, said tickets being printed on some type ofstiffening material, preferably pasteboard 8, andv which tickets are notdetachably connected with each other. In other words, the trip ticket 4fand the identification tickets 7 are provided with serial numbers commonto the alining or adjacent tickets. These rows of identification ticketsif desired may be perforated at theirupper edge, where the same aresecured in the book, so that after,

the row of trip tickets has been used', the identiiication tickets maybe removed, so that a new row of superposed tickets may be in positionfor use. The trip and identification tickets are provided with numberscorresponding with the number of the book, so

Vthat the same may be readily identified.

The superposed rows of trip and identification tickets are attachedadjacent one oftheir side edges as shown at 9, by pasting, folding,clipping, sewing, or any other desired manner. This attachment isdisposed at only one edge of the ticket, so that the trip ticket iseasily removable Jfrom the iden'-V tification row of tickets disposeddirectly beneath the same. The rows of tickets may have either side edgeattached as desired.

'lhe'outside of the front cover or' the book shows the purpose oi' thesame, while onthe` and is detached by agent when book is sold andYliorwardedto the auditing department. The second fly leaf is theconductors stub whichis detached by him for irst transportation, thusshowing the movement of the book. In use the trip ticket with theidentiication slip beneath the same is honored by the conductor and ispunched before detaching the trip ticket from the identiii'cation slip.lWhen the row orn trip tickets yis used, the last ticket thereon isdetached with.Y

the entire row of identification tickets, and is forwarded by theconductor with his ticket returns to the auditor. The book when allcoupons and identificationY checks have been detached will be acceptedby the. conductor for one passage, and the same willbe registered,punched and forwarded to .f the auditing department orn the railroadcompany. The tickets of this type of book are void ii'detached bypassenger or purchaser, as there could be no record or identificationcheck, and if such detached tickets should be honored bythe conductortherey would be clear record showing that the conductor was not carryingout his instructions, and the purchaser violating his contract with therailroad company under which the book was purchased by him. This type of'commutation book shows the exact number 'of'transportations to bothpassenger and conductor, and the direction the book is moving-by theconductors punch mark. also provides a receipt when fare has been takenwhich prevents any question as to whether the passengers fare has beenalready collected' orthat trip.

As has been hereinbefore stated the leaves of the book may be formed ofalternate ilexible and stiiiened material-,but if desired, all of theleaves may be stifened, orilexible. The foregoing description of theconstruction'a'nd operation of this commutation book fully explains themanner ofapplying the same to use and the operation thereof, and it willbe seen that I have provided asimple and 'eflicient means for carryingout the objects of this invention.

What I ciaim as minvention, and desire to secure by Letters atent is Acommutation book comprising sheets of trip tickets detachably connectedeach with the others and each having printed thereon distinguishingindicia, identification sheets A of heavier paper than the paper formingthe trip ticket 'sheets disposed therebetween and detachable. fromY thebookl only inA their ens tirety, the portions of the identificationsheets subjacent to eachr of the trip tickets havingidentificationindicia printed thereon identical with the identification indicia on therespective trip tickets and .adapted toreceive a conductors punch markat the same time the trip .ticket is punched and detached, and each ofthe rtrip ticket sheets being detachably connected alongone sidev edgeto the sub] acent. identification sheet to prevent removal and use ofthe trip ticket without detection.

In testimony whereof, I aiX my signature hereto.

JAMES E. C. SVVANN.-

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